Metronomy to headline 2017 Blissfields Festival January 13, 2017 - 17:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Blissfields festival have announced their first crop of acts for the 2017 event, with Metronomy unveiled as the first headliner. Sundara Karma and The Japanese House will also make an appearance, Gigwise said. Returning to Hampshire in July, the 5000 capacity festival will also feature performances from Lady Leshurr, S4U, Dub Pistols and Radio 1 Xtra's Sian Anderson - with many more yet to be announced. Taking a step into the surreal and unknown, the festival will adopt 'The Bizarre' theme for 2017, with organisers describing the festival as a "tunnel through the fantastic, via fantasy and freakshow". "Blissfields will be the gateway into new frontiers where only the unexpected can be assumed." Adding to the unique experience, Blissfields will offer festival-goers the chance to take in an impressive 360 bird's eye view of the site, with free hot air balloon rides on offer. “I used to run free tractor rides”, says organiser Paul Bliss, “back when the festival was on the land behind our house. We wanted to bring a bit of that back, only on a scale we could never have done back then”. Metromony's headline performance follows the release of their back to basics Summer 08 record, which was released last year. The band, lead by Joseph Mount, released the video for Robyn-featuring track 'Hang Me Out To Dry' last month. Meanwhile, supporting band Sundara Karma have this month released their debut record Youth Is Only Ever Fun In Retrospect to rave reviews, and look set to continue their rise to stardom in 2017. Blissfields has played host to some of music's biggest names as they were on the cusp of breaking-through. Bastille performed in 2012, Sam Smith in 2013 and Years & Years in 2014 - so keep an eye of those smaller names! Blissfields Festival takes place 6 - 8 July. See the lineup below METRONOMY LADY LESHURR / SUNDARA KARMA / THE JAPANESE HOUSE / BONZAI S4U / BLACK HONEY / THE UPBEATS / DELTA HEAVY / INSIDEINFO SIAN ANDERSON (1Xtra) / DUB PISTOLS / BEANS ON TOAST FIL BO RIVA / GCDJ / NAINA BEN GODDARD & THE SONS OF INDIGO / CASSAVA DEAD!DEAD!DEAD! / EARL GRAY COLLECTIVE / GABBY COLLEDGE HEAD NORTH / HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR MODERN WORLD JOSH SAVAGE / JUNCO SHAKERS / MAD KING LUDWIG MATT PERRIMENT / ONE STEP TOO LATE / PALM HONEY SCOTT FREEMAN & THE TOKYO SEX WHALES / SHY BOY SOUL & FIRE / SUBGIANT / THE BEACH BULLIES THE DIAMOND AGE / THE PAPER TRAINS / THE TRIBE  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
